Re: [NTG-context] Problems mapping Xml into ConTeXt

2006-10-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Michael Wigston wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: Michael Wigston wrote: 1. This def of u does nothing ... \defineXMLgrouped [u] \underbar \defineXMLargument[u]{\underbar} underbar is not a font switch but a macro that takes an argument Hans, Thanks, that works fine with \underbar,

Re: [NTG-context] Bibtex and et al

2006-10-12 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Pepe, Pepe Barbe wrote: I don't really know what version of the Bib module I have. I am using the latest ConTeXt beta. Attached you can find a BibTeX file and A ConTeXt file that generate the problem I was describing. The space gets eaten away by a bug. That will be fixed in the next

[NTG-context] back to the roots: command vs switch

2006-10-12 Thread andrea valle
I'm taking a long tour in the wiki (congrats for the work). It has reminded me that I don't know what's the difference between command and switch. Can anyone bring me to the light? Thanks a lot -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino

[NTG-context] useexternalfigure

2006-10-12 Thread Hans van der Meer
I see in the code that \useexternalfigure has got a parameter #4 not mentioned in the manual.Being unable to find its meaning in the comments, will someone tell me what it is used for?Hans van der Meer ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] useexternalfigure

2006-10-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans van der Meer wrote: I see in the code that \useexternalfigure has got a parameter #4 not mentioned in the manual. Being unable to find its meaning in the comments, will someone tell me what it is used for? #1 = symbolic name #2 = filename #3 = symbolic name of figure to inherit

[NTG-context] Append to a commalist

2006-10-12 Thread Fredrik Sjunnesson
Hello, Is there a smart way to create a commalist? I want to get the equivalent of \setparameter[namespace][listname={item1,item2,item3}] but be able to append one item at the time, like \append{namepace}{listname}{item1} \append{namepace}{listname}{item2} \append{namepace}{listname}{item3}

Re: [NTG-context] color question

2006-10-12 Thread Alan Bowen
On Oct 10, 2006, at 12:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/06, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this is OT, my apologies to all. I am currently using ConTEXt to produce PDFs with a colored background which I specify using R G B settings. Unfortunately, this background does not

Re: [NTG-context] Append to a commalist

2006-10-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Fredrik Sjunnesson wrote: Hello, Is there a smart way to create a commalist? I want to get the equivalent of \setparameter[namespace][listname={item1,item2,item3}] but be able to append one item at the time, like \append{namepace}{listname}{item1} \append{namepace}{listname}{item2}

Re: [NTG-context] Append to a commalist

2006-10-12 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Fredrik Sjunnesson wrote: Hello, Is there a smart way to create a commalist? I want to get the equivalent of \setparameter[namespace][listname={item1,item2,item3}] but be able to append one item at the time, like

Re: [NTG-context] Append to a commalist

2006-10-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Fredrik Sjunnesson wrote: Hello, Is there a smart way to create a commalist? I want to get the equivalent of \setparameter[namespace][listname={item1,item2,item3}] but be able to append one item at the time, like

Re: [NTG-context] Make page number appear on top of image

2006-10-12 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to combine some papers into a single pdf file with page numbers. I am including the papers using \copypages[filename] However, the pagenumber is not printed when the paper is a scanned copy. I guess this is because the page number is

[NTG-context] Fielstack and Layers for Presentation

2006-10-12 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hi all, I would use fieldstack with \getbuffer and overlays... Why the following code doesn't work ? Is there another way to do that ? TIA Renaud %%% stack.tex \setupcolors[state=start] \usemodule[pre-original] \defineoverlay[FunnyFrame][\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}]

Re: [NTG-context] Append to a commalist

2006-10-12 Thread Fredrik Sjunnesson
Great! Thank you very much Hans. It would have taken me a lifetime to get there :) /Fredrik -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Hans Hagen Skickat: den 12 oktober 2006 15:49 Till: mailing list for ConTeXt users Ämne: Re: [NTG-context] Append

[NTG-context] absolute positioning of figures

2006-10-12 Thread andrea valle
Hi to all, In case of presentations sometimes one has to combine many figures in the page, maybe overlapping for some parts. Something very easy in powerpoint. What's the best technique? Taking a look at the wiki and ot It's in the details manual it seems that layers, which can be placed

Re: [NTG-context] absolute positioning of figures

2006-10-12 Thread Hans Hagen
andrea valle wrote: Hi to all, In case of presentations sometimes one has to combine many figures in the page, maybe overlapping for some parts. Something very easy in powerpoint. What's the best technique? Taking a look at the wiki and ot It's in the details manual it seems that

Re: [NTG-context] absolute positioning of figures

2006-10-12 Thread andrea valle
(Thanks Hans) On 13 Oct 2006, at 00:00, Hans Hagen wrote: indeed, layers put in overlays (there can be many layers on top of each others Uhm, I don't think I understood. In wiki layers are, in some way, opposite to overlay. How do I put a layer in an overlay? Could you post an essential

Re: [NTG-context] Problems mapping Xml into ConTeXt

2006-10-12 Thread Michael Wigston
Michael Wigston wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: Michael Wigston wrote: 1. This def of u does nothing ... \defineXMLgrouped [u] \underbar \defineXMLargument[u]{\underbar} underbar is not a font switch but a macro that takes an argument Hans, Thanks, that works fine

Re: [NTG-context] Make page number appear on top of image

2006-10-12 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to combine some papers into a single pdf file with page numbers. I am including the papers using \copypages[filename] However, the pagenumber is not printed when the paper is a scanned